Extended Cut Face Ventilation for Remotely Controlled and Automated Mining Systems

Details

• Journal Article:
  New Technology in Mining Health & Safety: Proceedings of the Symposium held at the SME Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, February 24-27, 1992
• Personal Author:
  Taylor, Charles D. ; Goodman, Gerrit V. R. ; Vincze, T.
• Description:
  Effective coal mine face ventilation, for remotely controlled and automated mining systems, is essential for the control of methane. The evolution of new mining equipment and methods has required changes and improvements in face ventilation methods. One emphasis today is on the use of remotely operated and automated mining systems that can be used to make continuous cuts of 6 m (20 ft) and deeper. U.S. Bureau of Mines research is studying ways to more effectively ventilate these extended cuts. Two face ventilation techniques that utilize either blowing brattice or a jet fan for deep cutting are examined in this paper. Bureau procedures for evaluating face ventilation systems are also discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Mining Occupational Health Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Mining-industry; Mining-equipment; Underground-mining; Ventilation; Methane-control; Robotics; Coal-mining
• Source:
  New Technology in Mining Health & Safety: Proceedings of the Symposium held at the SME Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, February 24-27, 1992. Khair AW, ed., Littleton, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, 1992 Feb; :3-11
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  9780873351089
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  9 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10011316
• Editor(s):
  Khair AW
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:682055b962ccd3328b5e5d88b489c245cb9e21f0917c0b39e44ec82772692d4945f6a401636a93f269dc6f986c6476c1bcc467b76b4f82f62ef1bd0c73b1757a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/161267/cdc_161267_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 126.17 KB ]